a standard account, a mini account, or a micro account. A micro
account allows the forex trader to trade in the smallest of lot sizes,
generally 1000 units of the base currency. The next step up is the
mini account, which allows trades in lot sizes of 10,000 units of the
base currency. The standard forex account allows trades in 100,000
units of the base currency, and is the level at which you'll find all
professional forex traders.
The nice thing about having three levels of investment minimums is
that it allows new forex investors to get their foot in the door
without having large amounts of investment capital before they can get
started. Micro accounts allow traders to deposit as little as $250,
and due to the power of leverage, lets the forex trader control sums
of currency many times larger than their investment capital.
Although forex leverage provides investors with a method of generating
healthy profits it can also be responsible for the new forex investor
losing his or her capital very quickly. The primary reason new forex
traders fail is that they're undercapitalized for the type of account
they've opened. Professional traders understand this, and this is why
they make sure they have far more investment capital to deposit in
their forex account than the required minimum.
Leverage's constant companion is the margin. Margin basically
describes the amount of money in your account that you can use to
conduct trades. The amount of usable margin you have to play with is
dictated by the amount of equity you have in your account: take the
equity in your account and subtract the amount of margin that you've
used and you've got your usable margin.
If the equity in your account ever drops below the amount of used
margin then a margin call is generated. A margin call is when the
broker cashes in enough of your position to cover the drop in equity.
As an example imagine that you have $10,000 in your account, giving
you $10,000 in usable margin. You buy $7000 worth of lots, giving you
$3000 remaining in usable margin. If the value of your investment
drops just a few pips (which can easily occur in a matter of hours or
minutes in some cases) your equity can drop from $10,000 to $7000
quite quickly. At this point the margin call is triggered and you lose
$3000 to cover your margin. Before you know what has happened you've
lost 30% of your investment capital.
The power of forex leverage can be seen in the above example. The
ability to control $100,000 worth of currency with $1000 can catapult
the savvy forex investor into the next tax bracket, but only if they
manage their margins wisely.
The forex market can be a very volatile place, and those that don't
understand the concept of margins will quickly fall victim to it.
Those that understand this reality are far better equipped to succeed
in the forex market than those who jump in unprepared.
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